University of Nairobi Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Health Workers for Change in Kenya
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Environmental factors influencing structure and distribution of east African green heart (Warburgia ugandensis Sprague) in Mt. Kenya Forest
(University of Nairobi, 2014-05)Effects from past climate, natural disturbances and human activities are significantly impacting negatively on current day processes in tropical indigenous trees forests. Most of the indigenous trees mostly hard woods have ... -
The silver cyprinid Rastrineobola argentea as the main diet source for rearing Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background & objectives: All organisms that are cultured for laboratory bioassays need food for sustenance and amplification of the colony to such numbers that would not compromise the progress of the research at hand. For ... -
Morphometric and developmental characteristics of fish landed by artisanal bait fishers at the Mida Creek, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-02)Although artisanal commercial and net fishers landi ngs has received attention, the morphometrics of bait fisher landings is poorly documented. This is in spite of the importance of such data to infer fished stock growth ... -
Relationship between Perceptions of Inter-parental Conflicts and Involvement in Delinquent Behaviours among Selected Kenyan Adolescent Students
(2015)This study examined the relationship between adolescents’ perceptions of parents’ behaviours and their involvement in non-illegal and minor illegal delinquent behaviours in Secondary Schools, Nairobi Kenya. The study adopted ... -
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Kenya: challenges to implementation
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background: The prevention of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is lauded as one of the more successful HIV prevention measures. However, despite some gains in the prevention of ... -
Relationship between Perceptions of Parental Punitive Discipline and Involvement in Delinquent Behaviours among Selected Kenyan Secondary School Students
(2015)The study investigated the relationship between perceptions of parental punitive discipline and involvement in non-illegal and minor-illegal delinquent behaviours among selected secondary school students in Nairobi County, ... -
A review of customer satisfaction models and a proposed business genetic code
(2014)This conceptual study has traced the evolution of customer satisfaction index models over the last four decades (1970 to 2012). The aim was to assess the key strengths and weaknesses of the current models; identify knowledge ... -
Nutrients, functional properties, storage stability and costing of complementary foods enriched with either termites and fish or commercial micronutrients
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Application of edible insects in complementary food production has not been studied much. This study developed and evaluated complementary foods based on edible termites to combat child malnutrition in Kenya. Two complementary ... -
Millennium Development Goal Seven, Target 7C; Achievements and Barriers in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-arid Land
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Introduction: Wajir County is part of Kenya’s arid land in North Eastern Kenya and has a population of approximately 662,000 (2009 census). The County’s main water supply is from underground shallow wells, and for long, ... -
Role of Social Work in Minimizing Sexual and Gender Inequalities
(2014)Gender and sex shapes all aspects of our lives including access to key resources and services such as information, education, employment, health and credit. Being a socio-cultural construct, in terms of socially and ... -
Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Nakuru, Kenya
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Public procurement legal framework implementation challenges and organizational performance
(2014)Public Procurement is one of the major objectives of any government striving to deliver goods and services to its people. Indeed, procurement permeates the entire spectrum of the development process since the government ... -
The contentious interface between modern and traditional medicine practices
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Public perception of the health profession
(University of Nairobi, 2015) -
Porpolis-A nature cure
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
